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Only enhancement would be a baffle to prevent overflow of water-soaked grounds from basket when making 12 cups.Repeat: quit griping when you buy an inexpensive item. Coffee gold filter basket.Best buy. Buy this one at Fred Meyer. It's $19.95, plus $9.95 for a Mr. If you want better, spend $100 and quit griping.
Skip this one. It does make coffee, however. We purchased this coffee maker in a rush when our 5 year-old Cuininart Coffeemaker we loved died. Big mistake. it's slow, very noisy, and when the pot is done brewing, the coffee is lukewarm.
gave as a gift so dont have much for a review (but went by others reviews)
Blackened Ecker assembled it with screws that require a special screwdriver not sold at your local hardware store, which says to me, don't fix it, trash it, buy a new one to replace it. That condemns me to buying a new CM. BD has rubbed me wrong with its "You can't fix this" attitude--Fis-It-Yourself users shouldn't require a drill to open up the thing.3. BUT, the basic BD c-maker I bought in 2007 had some problems:1. Well, you just wonder what will break next.
It makes the basic coffee without fuss or spillage and the hotplate doesn't scorch the coffee for awhile after brewing. Bear in mind that I am a gentle user of my kitchen equipment and I don't make coffee more than once a week on average, which means that for the daily user, it might not live past the 13th month.2. I drilled out the screws, cut off the power switch and spent less than $5 for a beefy new switch and a washer--fixed. If the carafe breaks, I doubt I'll find one suitable for the model I have. .and this C-maker confirms that.
The illuminated power switch, identical to the one pictured here, broke--it just fell out. Your basic flunky, cheapo coffeemaker really shouldn't cost more than $20, no matter where you buy it, or what the brand.4.
I realized that there was a large piece of glass missing from the side of the carafe, and several cracks radiating away from the hole. I've seen at least one person's review stating they had the same problem with the hinge. I'm the only person who handles the coffeemaker, and the carafe has never been bumped or dropped. Then I realized that somehow one of the "hooks" that are attached to the hinge had disappeared; seemed to have broken off. I first thought I would replace the carafe, but have decided not to do so.
After about two months of use I found it difficult to replace the lid on the carafe. However, a few days ago I was drying the carafe after washing it in a plastic dishpan. I looked into the pan and there was the glass. The coffeepot is ok, but nothing special, so will use the old one in the cupboard and research coffeemakers once again. I bought this coffeemaker just six months ago.
I lived with it though it was a nuisance. I'm grateful that I didn't put my fingers through the hole while drying the carafe, as I would have had a serious injury.
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